Business Sues Customer For $750,000 Over Negative Yelp Review

We recently reported on a study that found 20% of Americans have left reviews online for products and services they have never tried. That seems like an extremely high number. But suffice it to say that Jane Perez was not one of them. She had definitely tried out the services of contractor Christopher Dietz before going on Yelp to leave him a negative review.

A former classmate of Dietz’s, Perez hired his contracting business to do some renovation work on her home. She wasn’t happy with the job, and ABC reports that Dietz is now suing her for $750,000 for writing a negative Yelp review.

Her “home was damaged” and there was “work that had to be redone,” she wrote.

She also kiiiiiiiinda accused Dietz’s company of theft, writing “jewelry was found missing from my home and this contractor has the only extra key.”

Dietz, apparently not one to take it on the chin or just to earn some actual positive reviews with quality work, is suing her in a defamation case. The complaint requests compensation for “loss of work opportunities in an amount of at least $300,000,” and ABC reports the damages could be assessed at as much as $750,000.